if i create my own plugin, how do i call the plugin in a template?

[zeroality]

Alright, so say I create a plugin with the forumhome_complete hook, what would I insert into the forumhome template to execute that specific plugin? If I insert the code you have posted above, won't that execute every plugin associated with the hook?

What I'm wanting to do is take the (modified) code from the php file I have running for the news script at http://pokemontopaz.net/ and put that into a plugin then have it display that on the forum home template - to create a news box.

So basically, the code is pretty much already written and just needs to be inserted into a plugin. I'm just not sure how to call the plugin in the template without executing every plugin associated with the hook.